Thursday, October 18, 2012

"GAZA CITY, Palestinian Territories — Jewish-American scholar and activist
Noam Chomsky reportedly called for an end to Israel's siege of Gaza, on his
first ever visit to the Hamas-ruled enclave on Thursday.
Chomsky, who was in the Gaza Strip for a conference at the Islamic
University, called "to end the Israeli siege on Gaza," a member of Gaza's
legislative council and head of the university's administrative board, Jamal
al-Khudari, told AFP.....

On Saturday, Chomsky was to deliver a speech on the Arab Spring and the
future of foreign policy in the region. He will also meet with NGOs, especially
human rights groups, Khudari said.
"We organised a programme for him to tour refugee camps."
The Palestinian lawmaker noted Chomsky, travelling with an academic
delegation, coordinated his entry to Gaza through the Rafah crossing with
Egyptian authorities.
Chomsky is a professor of linguistics at the US Massachusetts Institute of
Technology and a prominent critic of American foreign policy. He has frequently
spoken out against Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories."